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Published 23 Dec 2022, 11:23 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Bridging Service Select List

Official notice

Authority: Suffolk County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East of England (UKH14)
Published estimate£10,000,000≈ £3.3m / year · 1 value update50% below first published estimate
Submissions closed 8 Jun 2023awarded 19 Dec 2022
Awarded to Airmid Staffing Limited
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Jul 2026 · extension options published · starts 1 Aug 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Suffolk County Council are currently out to tender for the provision of a Bridging Service Select ListThis opportunity is available in the `Current Tenders` area of portal. Interested parties are invited to express their interest to gain full access to the tender documentation.Procurement Policy Note 09/21 requires us to calculate the value of contracts inclusive of VAT, however we can advertise them exclusive of VAT. The advertised value here is up to £10 Million exclusive of VAT.The deadline date for submissions of the tender is Noon 8th June 2023. Please note late returns will NOT be permittedThe deadline for clarification questions is 5pm 19th May 2023 which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The ACS Bridging Service has been created to support Customers awaiting long-term…Renewal 3 yrsPublished value£10,000,000

The ACS Bridging Service has been created to support Customers awaiting long-term care, whilst relieving pressures on the Acute Hospitals without impacting capacity of the Home First Service. Customers identified will be supported under the Bridging Service until such time that an appropriate long-term Provider comes forward to support the Customer. By implementing the ACS Bridging Service, pathway flow from the Acute Hospitals across Suffolk is eased and Home First capacity is not occupied by Customers who may have completed their period of Reablement and are now awaiting their most appropriate long-term care.Blocks of support will be purchased from the Service Provider (costings set out in Pricing Schedule) to support multiple Customers in targeted areas where long-term capacity within the Home Care Market is otherwise limited. Fundamental to the success of the Bridging Service, is that the Service Provider has the ability to deploy care staff into Suffolk, thus not impacting the local resource. Additional information: Value is maximum value expected across whole contract including extensionInitial contract period is 1/8/23 - 31/7/25 with the option to extend for a further 12 months

Contract period: 1 Aug 2023 – 31 Jul 2026 (3 yrs)
Delivery: East of England
Extensions: Any future requirement will be advertised once the scope and requirement are knownVariant bids: not allowed
85000000 Health and social work services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As stated in the procurement documentation

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
23 Dec 2022, 11:23 GMT
Last source update
2 May 2023, 14:42 BST
Award evaluation window
8 Jun 2023 – …
Authority reference
CD1392-1
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-012525
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-039410 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

It was anticipated that capacity to provide care to waiting list customers would have been gained after the award of recent framework, unfortunately this has not been the case.

To continue to provide care to customers on this waiting list whilst not creating further pressure on an already fragile local staff resource and to allow a procurement exercise to be completed a direct award to the existing Pilot Provider is needed.

Contract terms
Performance terms

as stated in the procurement documentation

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Suffolk County Council incorporates a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the point at which information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. If an appeal regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved: The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules, to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Any such action must be brought promptly.

Publisher note: Suffolk County Council reserves the right to procure repeat requirements of a similar nature without a further call for competition pursuant to Regulation 32 of the public contracts Regulations 2015.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
8 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
8 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST

Timeline

2 May 2023 → 1 Nov 2023 · 5 dates
  1. Notice published
    2 May 2023, 14:42 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    8 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    8 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Aug 2023, 00:00 BST
  5. Bids must remain valid until
    1 Nov 2023, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 May 2023
  1. Published value published: £10,000,000
    2 May 2023, 14:42 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    2 May 2023, 14:42 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    2 May 2023, 14:42 BST
  4. Deadline published: 8 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
    2 May 2023, 14:42 BST
  5. Buyer details updated
    2 May 2023, 14:42 BST
Published amendments (1)

Correct link for Market Engagement is https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=7GqcEEZQlUqPPIT2O6GK9BEsw2yinKtKvmeDMWYIPFdUNkdJQk5aRUQ5Q0UxTElPTlhFVFgyVzJQSSQlQCN0PWcu&web=1&wdLOR=c15B6A540-56EE-4907-AC68-647761CFBC18

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £5,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Dec 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Airmid Staffing LimitedSME£5,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 036510-2022-1 · Airmid Staffing LimitedSME

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    £5,000,000
    Period
    … – 31 Jul 2026
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Suffolk County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Endeavour House, Russell Road, IPSWICH, East of England, IP1 2BXContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Airmid StaffingAwarded supplierGB-COH: 13545843 First Floor, 65-67 Leonard Street, London, London, EC2A4QS

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria